I want to disable mouse right click on an HTML page. I have a page where user has to enter the details. I don't want the user to see the menu thats get displayed with the mouse right click.
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A:
You can use the oncontextmenu event for doing this.
But if the user turns off javascript then you won't be able to handle this.
window.oncontextmenu = function () {
return false;
}
will disable right click menu.
rahul
2010-06-21 10:22:48
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A:
It's unprofessional, anyway this will work with javascript enabled:
document.oncontextmenu = document.body.oncontextmenu = function() {return false;}
You may also want to show a message to the user before returning false.
However I have to say that this should not be done generally because it limits users options without resolving the issue (in fact the context menu can be very easily enabled again.).
The following article better explains why this should not be done and what other actions can be taken to solve common related issues: http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/dont-disable-right-click
Andrea Zilio
2010-06-21 10:24:30
Furthermore, this isn't a be all and end all solution, they could just disable js and hey presto.
Kezzer
2010-08-10 09:43:13
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A:
Firstly, if you are doing this just to prevent people viewing the source of your page - it won't work, because they can always use a keyboard shortcut to view it.
Secondly, you will have to use JavaScript to accomplish this. If the user has JS disabled, you cannot prevent the right click.
That said, add this to your body tag to disable right clicks.
<body oncontextmenu="return false;">
Astrofaes
2010-06-21 10:25:25
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A:
<body oncontextmenu="return false;"> works for me in Google Chrome. Not sure about other browsers.
Note, all someone has to do is disable JavaScript in order to see the right-click menu anyway.
cHao
2010-06-21 10:25:39
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A:
Please do not do that, it is very annoying.
The right menu is there for a reason, and it should be left there. Many browser extensions add entries to the right click menu and the user should be able to use it in any page he visits.
Moreover you can use all of the functionality of the right click menu in other ways (keyboard shortcuts, browser menu etc etc etc) so blocking the right click menu has the only effect of annoying the user.
PS: If really you cannot resist the urge to block it at least do not put a popup saying "no right click allowed".
nico
2010-06-21 10:28:16
-1: While this makes some good points, it doesn't answer the question so should be a comment.
David Dorward
2010-06-21 10:53:19
@David Dorward: It does indeed answer the question. I'm saying that although he can block the appearance of the right click menu there is NO way to actually block its **functionality**, as they are reacheable in other ways. Blocking right click menu is bad practice, so I found it a much better answer to explain why he should not.
nico
2010-06-21 13:36:01
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A:
There are plenty of examples of this which can be found via Google
However, users can turn off Javascript to stop this highly annoying "feature". I think you should really think about this before implementing it. It isn't really going to protect your content (if that is what you are trying achieve).
There is an article here that illustrates just how annoying and pointless it is.
Barry
2010-06-21 10:28:54